By: 'alan'

i have dutton phaeton s2 and would like to put some 17inc wheels on it but i have not seen one picture of these cars with wide wheels on. can someone tell me if they have put this size wheel on there car, if not then why can you not put them on

By: 'Brian R. Martens'

17-inchers would probably fill that gap under the arches that so many people complain about.... I suspect that the reason most people haven't put them on is that they'd be hard to find in a 4x4.25 bc with the proper backspace and offset, and 17" wheels and tires tend to be a bit spendy.

By: 'russ'

i have a s3 and tried to test fit a friends 17" wheel from his FTO they multifits, did not fits , scraped everything its its way, rear chassis, hardly any turning circle cos th wheel hits the body panel behind the wheel. looked o.k though

By: 'andy(doc3781)'

Diameter of the wheel should have little effect - what you need to be aware of is the offset/back space of the wheel you are considering - Front wheel drive cars have a large offset in the positive - the wheel dissh of the wheel inwards - Rear drive cars have less positive offset and are neutral or even negative offset - ala Carlos Fandango Anglia's of old - Its the back space thats the easiest check - this is the distance from the hub mounting face to the inside of the rim - on a Dutton this needs to be approx. 95mm or less, or you need spacers.

this measurement will dictate the offset for any given width.

So a 17" with a 95mm back space and a suitably low profile tyre to kep the rolling diameter in check will do the job very nicely - Still as Caterhams street rocket the R500 runs 13's you gotta wonder.

By: 'Brian R. Martens'

13s are a lot lighter and are a way to get the equivalent of deeper gearing, which is why my next set of autocross wheels will be 13s. I'm running 14s for the street.